Olympus LS-10 and Bob Schneider at the Saxton Pub...

I just received my Olympus LS-10 audio recorder. This is a a high end digital audio recorder that can record CD quality audio in the field. I have been attending many events such as concerts and have wanted to make audio recordings. My $50 Sony IC recorder just didn't have the quality I was looking for. The only thing that thing was good for was making personal audio notes for my own purposes. It wasn't even good enough for archival purposes and I had difficulty getting clear recordings in noisy environments. Music sounded awful. This $300 recorder can create 96 kHz/24 bit .WAV audio files which are beyond CD quality. It includes 2 GB of built in memory with an SD card for expansion. The quality of this recorder is beyond anything that I have tried and will take documenting events to another level.

I went to the Saxton Pub to hear Bob Schneider do his weekly Monday performance to try out this recorder. It was great and it captures the feel of being there. I recorded this in WAV format and converted it to MP3 through iTunes.

Here is a short 1 minute clip of the Saxton Pub so you can get a feel of the atmosphere.

Here's an mp3 audio clip of the first few songs from tonight.